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Phe Press and Banner * ____________________ RV*Published every W?dnMdkj it St e w IB tdvuni Wednesday, March 5,1902. Ic? plnal for Abkcflllr. lleeema that onenaceaalty after another la preaelng Itaelf upon ua. With Abbeviue'a population ud the demand for let w? ac? no mm why a plant properly uufid would not pay. There ar? aome pan lea Interested oo tba subject and If oar people will eome together w* mo hive a plant for tbla summer. , Blda and plana bava already been aaked lor B<l a prop< al'lou wil|a<>oa be before the publie. Tba idee la to reu be f*< t ry In Conner Uod with a outlier mdaetry tboicoy reducing tbaeaai to a minimum of operating Ibe two. < lOoenla per hundred for lee delivered at J our Ouor la wbai we vidl / Tsar Urscer Caa S*l II. | "Braaaford'a ' Clifton" Floor la made of ibe ' balwiMN vbMl|ro?noD Keniucky eolU and la milled aa much with ra?ard to lb* nutritive vaiue of iba floor a* Ita color and rtalng aoailtir*. Ark your (nmr lor 'Clll-|i loo." fcvery 30-pouud e*ck la put up lo tegular towelilo*. t-rwry moi making two |iwd towaia, J. K. Uleun, J. 8. Cochran. L. T. A T. M. Millar, and Mra. boo Alewlne will keep U. A ! ? Trlrpkaaai. F O. A. Xioklea, Bwf Matkrt. No. 82. I ti. W. Kullar, natdanoa. No. 111. Abbeville Purultara Factory. No#. T. XI. Qleou. re>tdaoor. No 133. fiioxks aaxovcD. Electric Light and Power (X, 132 and 8i % Bill WlilUma. rrald#ttee,?. Abbeville Laundry, S3. Baral la Nalh. A foar yrar old cbild. aoa of Joaepb Wllaoo living near Warrrntou. waa burned to dealt) "* fa?*?aa hall Ml lad Monday. 11 aae<na im? >iib burotoa mmm o<>tu>n nalki or bra?b Mr Um bouae and tba little fallow lUritd ol lor tb? booaa and when foond bis clot ben ?tn entirely Darned off. Ha died In abort wblle altar being dUoovcred. 1 ValMkU r~t. Jamea C 8eb una perl, engineer, sued tbe Soatbert R<ilway for tbe iom ol part of a foot at Bel ton. In wot. wbieb in aome war got fawtted between two cam Tbe lory at Mewberry awarded judgment for llitou. Tbe d?? Jbadant appeaitd fur new trial, wblpb wh refined. anleee plaintiff woald cccept 110,000. Sylvia la DmmI. Sylvia Tbovae, a good old oolored woman wbo lived la Fort Piekt-na, la dead. Sba wh one of Um beat kaoara colored woman to Iowa, bavlag been a rook at tbe botala anil otber piaeea tor aaay year*. Bat of lair yeare eke baabeen too lar advanced In Ilia, io labor, and baa teen aomewbat dependent oa otbera tor a rapport. A.B.P. i'bareb, Marck Mb. Tbe aabjeet of tbe aarmon next Habbalb BMrnlng at *be Aaaoelate Ketormed Breebytartaa Cnareb will be, "Tba k^arll of AlathnaMaa in Obrlatian iter* lew." Frleade and atrangera are cordially lavlted fer Ralaar Boat. Mra. Mabry'aootiage on Man Street, Want Kod. Asao two bulidjag lota. Kaay lar ma 1*. <? ? lliU. fI Apply to Mra. L. W. Mabry. Feb. H IMH. LuMrjr Aceaey. 1 oow bin lb* iitoe; lor tb* Gats* Hteam Lauodry, Qr?eov|iie, 8. C. ll jou would like to bavo tbta do jour work give aae your teoadry. J. W* MrKee, Jr. Ultar la Toaa. Mr. & W. Maun of ibe Belioa Time* dropped oa as lur a nw mlaaiee yeeterday, and we wtn clod to eas bus. M Agala. Mr. Ttldaa Loans, wbo boa baa lo Columbia lor yar, returned lo bta bona lo AMm villa la*t Mouda>, lo good baaltb and good epirtla. looking bolter than ever balora. Many frleadaar?glad loaeebin. "T.L.M. f Mb. Abtmub Mouow, bow of Wsablng( too, la aoarcd newly 001 of bis boots tor Mar bo will iabo avail pox. Ha bad been lo tbs at-lgbborbood ol a railroad naa wbo bad tbodtaaaaa. Mr.Horry SlnaMMia.of Atbaoe.Go.. la ? peeled la tbo aiy abortly to apaod a tow day* wlU> bis BMbtf. Ma. amd Mas 8. C. Sial bavo moved to tbo boare recently oeaoptad by Mr. gayer. Mr. layar baa gooa to Ander?oo. Ma. Tvognoa, former pat ner ol Mr. gayer. ba? bought lb a alaciric plaut lo Abbeville. $3,300 bring Ibe price. I. prop*11? ?' Mr* " K. Holllogewortb ?u aoid hale bay by tbe Muter to perfect tlttoa. Tbe Fort t'lckeo* trouw broocbt ftOO Tbe boaee ap town ?u bid off at 91 'JOQ. Cbar.ee Broadway Koom to dud. Wall P?|?rr-U?lo|wcar*d tbe agency for Alfred Ktu * Ot>, of New York, ( an oiMbi tbe bom op-UHltU llaa of Wall Pepei aod wall noaldlage ever brought to Abbe villa. New eenplee Joat In. Give ate a call. I would be pleaatd to mow yoo wbelber you bay or doc L?dlee wbea down town call aod tea toy beaatlfai llae of Wall Pap*r aod noaldloge, tbey are right ap to tbe mloute Geo. Paooey. CANDIDATES. Ftor Mayor ml Ike Clly. ___ Dr. 8. O. Tbompeoo to aoooaocad aa a ceo dldaie for re-ek?Uoo to tbe olDeeof Mayor ol tbe olty of Abbey lite, object to tbe ratoeoi tbe Deoioeratle primary. MaMea'a Laaala. New sepbyr aod glogbam lo all eotore at Uaddoo'a Hare yoo aeao tboae beast! fa I cbambraye at Haddoo'a. Tbe larvcnt nwtawl sad lb* flneat qual its of larea ud ambroldarlea at if addon*. Cbeck noeJloe iod dlmlUaa at all prteaa at laddoal. VblU plqoaa and lain at prtcca to all at BaMoa'i Wblta organdlaa, molla aod Kogllab kmc ohMba at Haddoo'a. Bop acklii toe ladlaa ablrta at Uaddoo'a ... f Wall Pap#r?Little aarlylyoa tblnk? Ob. o It lan't! Ila Uom to plao abead aod cobm> to torn* oooeiaaloo as to bow maoy room a yoa will paper, be rare and ate my Una be 5*1' baying. Geo. Penney. Pmeornil at Pfnneu Drag Store aod ! aat all tbe Information yoa want about pa paring j oar bona*. NOTICE ! Every little girl In Abbeville should get a ticket for the Blscult Baking Contest to be held at the Nlcbotoon Furniture Store, March 12th. The Buck Junior Range which they are to give away can be seen In their show window. It Is foil nlckle'plated nn<? la vnhiMl at Ten Dollars. These contest* a regular feature of advertising with The Nicholson Furniture Stores, and they have always been great successes. At the last one (held at Chester, S. C.,) nearly one hundred little girls participated. Refreshments will be served to all the Uttle cooks. Tickets for the Contest can be had free at The Nicholson Furniture Store and all girls under fourteen - years, ana mciuuuig mm. hk?, m Abbeville and the surrounding country are Invited to take part. Tbe Contest will be personally condncted by Mr. NlcbolMon and Mr. Perkins, of tbe Buck Stove and Range Co. i. JIM TIL The Lieutenant Gover for His Telegrai THE PRESIDBN' The President Will Visit tt ney Repudiates the Ac Edgefield, February 27.?When Ijlmt Gov. Tinman waa m?tii tbla aiK-moon vrlib refer* | mjcv to (be Kooaevelt tualltr. although uuarell, beaald: ~1 regret very much that I mn wm|wlied to make au> further alHlenifUt In regard to lhl? matter. 1 do not w e why II bm cuilw) lorth no much comtueut. but I do not pro|Ki<? hi t>e p'act-d In the light. by my conduct, of linvlni; iitra Ihecauaeof Prr>ldeui lto??evelt'adeclaioj uol to attend the (.'barlealnu Kxpo?lllon. Iranch coital ruction ha* lieen placmd upon It either by bun or the people ol Chjtrleaton, I deplore It deepijr. He may. however, make thU Ibt preu-xi of not atteudlug the expoallion, but It cannot be the cauae. I am in no way connected with tbe exp wllloo officially or otberwia* except a? a houiIi Carolinian wbo la proud < ! ll tnd wsiiim iu ser n ?ucirru. I la no way Mttempt^d to ra|irr<eiil ill* ?xp?-1 <Uiun authorities la tuy l?lf|r?m Ui Hie prml1 dent, and it cmuiioI lie imi couMrued without itHenl'ooully debauching my ?uid?. The matter ol the preM-nlallon of the sword by President Roosevelt to Mnjir JinkUm wnh purely a private sud micuI cutimti wltb which thou* who tire dow loud lo their erit Iclato of nee bad uothloit to do. Certainly tbe editors ol tbe Keeord, Post and Slate ware not oouirlbutorn, although to bt frank aod Jusl. which ii more tban ibey have been to me. they srere cot wked. However Governor McMweeney. wbo ha* given an Interview lo eoooaetloo with tbla matter, wai asked to contribute and declined upon tbe ground, aa I recall, tbat ba bad to contribute to ao many charities and other public matters ha waa financially uoeble to do ao, and I feel from ex* perl an ea ibat ba wax honest In bis statement. "Ho lar aa tbe list of tbe paid cootrlbutora to tbe sword fond la ooneerned, I desire to add. wllbool having tbe list before me. that I only know of lb rev who were not consulted before tbe telegram to tbe prealdeot waa sent, towll: Col. wills Joora, wbo bss been ol valuable assistance both lo contributing and electlog tbe sword, whom, however, I endeavored to reseb by longdistance telephone, as Mr. J. H. Hammond of tbe Angnata Her aid will leailfy: another Is Senator Talblrd of Beaufort, a liberal aOnlrlbulor, whom I en daavored to reach bnt failed; tbe third and last was Senator Tillman, whom I did not I: a* I knew the delicate poatupn id wdicd he vu plac d. As for lb* telegrima received by n* from tbeenntrlbuu>rs,lballsa natter wiih whlehtb&se wbo did ootoootribute have noooorero. 1 bin no doabt. however, that ib?y, like roy?e:f, are ready to abide by tbe reaultof their set loo. 1 do not propose to have anything further to say, however much I may be slandered and misrepresented." Mat for 1m. TUB PKCSIDKNT WILL tUROU THB JlX TILLMAN TBLBUBAM. BUT WILL NOT COMB TO TUB BXP0S1TI0S. Special to Tbe Chronicle. Waablogton. February fl.-Uot of tbe Immediate rwults of tbe Tllimao-McLaurlo dsbi in tbe senate Is the determination o President Roosevelt not to visit tbe Cbarie*uvn ezpaalUun. It waa given out at tbe Wblu Uoa>e tbia afternoon tbal all plane undei ooostderation fur tbe visit are now abandoned. This waa done on acconnt of tbe withdrawal ol tbe Invitation of Senator Tillman to attend tbe Prlnos Henry dinner at tbe White donae, and the la teal pbaaa of tba whole at 6itr. tbe r< quest tbal President Roosevelt withdraw bis aoceptance of an Invitation to preeent a sword to Major Mleab Jenkins of ibe Hough Riders on tbe oocasion of bis visit u> Charleston. Tbe President bss received tbe telegram of LL-Oov. Jas. H. Tillman of Houtb Carolina r?ijusellag a withdrawal of tbe acceptance of tbe invitation. A BIG SfLIT THAT NOHOHT K SOWS ABOL'T. It (s stated that the preeldeot will not aend an answer oi any Bind to Col. Tillman, who is a nephew of tbe senator, and who waa lienlenant-eoloocl of tbe Fr?t South Carolloa regimeot In tbe Hpenlan-Aaierloan war. The telegram will therefore be ignored. Tbe presidedt dot* not believe that all the i people of South Carolina approve tbe action of Col. Tillman. In (act be bas been Informed by telegraph and letters that tbey do not; but be realises tbat tbe entire matter bas aroused a bitter leollng in South Carolina, and lor this reason be would not oare to vlalt Charleston. He Is not unaware that be won Id h<Mi?n?hi? Nuiatlvad In IbttL r 11V. Tel tie would ocl cut to visit South Carolina anlew all the people were personally deelroun ol1 navlng blin lodo so. The Injection of poll-! ties Mud personalities Into ble trip would be1 unpleasanL Wblle assurances will undoubt-1 edly come thai the affair will bave oo bearing on lb* reception of tbe pr*?ident lo Cbnrlea ton, (be I alter can see and leel otherwise. BADLY Ml*LIT CP. Reports received by blm are thai tbe people ol tbe atate are badly split up over ibe Tlllmau-McLaurln "flair, and lb at feeling rona exceedingly blgb. Tbe Informallon li ibat Ibe senate episode will play an Important part In tbe campaign thla summer lor a successor to Henator McLaurln. Tbe presl lent was tobav? been in Charleston on Lincoln's blrtbday, February 13. bat was prevented iroin going by tbe Illness of bis son. He bad Islanded to go lu March, and bad unler consideration plans for tbe trip. OOVUtSOk M'SWBEMKT SE.MD9 A TKLEURAM TO PKMDBXT KOOMKVELT. Columbia Mute, 1st. Tbe Tillman-Roosevelt Incident Is still being mucb talked of and U deplored on every side because of ibe Injury It is calculated to do lb* (late ud tbe Charleston expoeltloo. lotfMd It baa attraeM aucb widespread at* icdUod that lb* governor. Who, m previously slated, did not wiah to bave aujlblng lo do Wllb lbs matter, ye?terday sen I the following telegram to lb* president wltb lbs sols purposeofeelilngibesUisoi Hoatb Carolina right In tbs matter. President Theodore Roosevelt, Exeontlve Mansion, Washington, M. C.: Ii wu my luiruiloQ not to bave anything to say about tbe telegram sent 70a by tbe Moo. Jamee H. Tillman, vltbdrawlng the rei|ue?t for you to present tbe eword to MhJ Mleab Jenkins, but as undue Importance and publicity bate oeen attached lo It. I beg lo ay Ibat tbe teSegrem aepi you was not authors lb I s?d by tbe r.tale,and that tbe lieutenant governor did not speak ofllelally for elate or tbe people In bis aeilon. Ills telegram to vou waa purely a personal matter. ?nd neither tbe state nor tbe people sboold be beld reeponslbie In any way for bis attitude. M. B. McHweeoey. Governor. In (be past 24 bourn telegrams from all parte of tbs country bave beeo pouring Into Colombia end lbs Uovsrnor baa gotlsaa number. Wben tbe governor anally gol tbe following irom a leading paper of 1 he norlbveal, d? immediately wireo au empoaiic ?ipw praealoo, isd followed it up jNltrdijr wltb lb* telegram quo led : "Will you kindly wire rour poaltlon regardlog (be action of Lieut. Oov. Tillman to withdrawing the Invitation to President Rooeeveil, we bealtate lo prlut tbe statement we bave received that you endoise It unless you penKMially authorise It." Deaplte all efforta vesterday lo ascertain tbe MUM of kubacrlber* to tbe Jenkln'a word. It waa Impossible lo eecure Ibe llet Tboee who are known do not care to be quoted In connection wltb tbe matter. It may be staled, however, tbat none baa yet been found wbo la wllllug to say that be au* Iboriud Col. Tillman lo eeud tbe telegram. Tbe Ckarlntea lavllallea. KXPOSITION DIKKTTofoi SKMU A MKSiAIII TO TIIK HKKXIUKNT. Cbarlealon, Feb. a-Al a meeting of tbe board of director*of the (exposition compauy lo nlgbt, (Nil. i. U. Tillman'* mes?age lo Preeldent Kooseveit waa fully dlacuased and Ibe following resolution* adopted. "Keeolved, Thai Ibe president or tbe expo sltlon eompiiuy be and beri-by I* requested lo o communicate at once wltb bi* excellency, Theodore Kooaevelt, tbe president of the United Hlatea.and extend to blm tbe oontial greeting* and good wi*be* of this board of directora. wltb assurances that we look for ^4 I.U wl.lt Inlha L* W rvrwt l.m with the gresteat pleaaure aud tlml lie will receive fioin our people the wurmnt welcome. "Rrtolvcil, further. Thai the |>re?lilenl be lolortntd that thin board of director* deny any reapooalblllty for the recent cutniuuulcaHon made by Col. J. H.Tllimanin I'renldent Kin sevelt, and ?xprrw their utter lark ol sympathy wltb hi* action in that waiter." A CO MM ITT ICE FKOM I'll AltLKSTON GO TO HKK TIIE I'KEHl DUST. Char!*"ton March Mayor Smyth and Alderman Khett aud Kollock. representing the rlty and Prealdeot Wa*ener and Director Hftnphnl ol the rxpoitlon hoard, left this afternoon f<ir Waabtugton where tbry will urge Ibe president to carry out bla promise to come to Charleston. Mayor Mraylb today received a telegram from Secretary ( B Cortelyou which reads: "Your letter enclosing actlou of city council received and the prealdeul direct a me lo -LMAN. nor Expresses Regret n to Roosevelt. F WILL COME. - c ? r>... le EJtposiiion?-vjuv. itiujww tion of His Lieutenant. express hi* hearty thank*. He hopes to nii^t th?? cotninlitee Ml lunch tomorrow and will mske arrang^-ments then." 1117 rI.Kit t'UUKS THK l'KRill>KNT TO COME. Washington, March a.? Ex Senator m. C. Butler of Mouth Carolina called opou the president yesterday to e*pre?s the earnest h<>|ie that the Tillman Mcljturln episode and the letter of I.ieut.-tJos. Tillman would not Interfere wltli lila plans for visiting the Charleston exposition. Senator Butler told the president that the action of Meut. Uo*. Tillman was not npproved by the people of Mouth Ctroilna. The prealdent replied that that Meut. Gov. Tillman's letter would ba?e no effect opou bis course, but d Id not say definitely wheiber be proposed to make the trip to Charleston or not. KOOMKVKf.T TIIANK.H JiraWKKNKY. While Hons*. Washington, I). March I, IIHTJ. To Gov. II. B. MrMwecoey. Columbia. 8. C. I'ray accept my heartfelt thanks for your courteous telegram, which 1 appreciate. Theodora ttoosavelt. THE SWOKlt AMI) TIIK 8ClUH'HIHERM. The .State, 2od. Daring the forenoon the newe reached the oily thai MaJ. Mlcah Jenkins bed declined lo aooept ibe ? word under Ibe clretina*lanoea Tbla created noaarprlae here, tor sncb acllno ou tba part (X iba gallant soldi or bad bean expected by ble mends. Hla action la exactly wbat was expected of bun. Tbe aword la In Colombia atlll at tba Caro llna National bank. Tbua hr It l? Impossible io obtain the complete lut of ab*cribera, bat Tbe is tat* baa It on reliable authority, that Senator Tillman, Col. Jonea, Col. Tillman, Col. Frost and Representative J. E. Jarolno ware among them. Tba aword. It la aid, coat between 985 mod 943, and upon It arc engraved exprsaalona of tba prealdent In regard to Mleab Jenkins. All deplore the toeldAot wbleb AM made it Irapoaalble for MaJ. Jeokloa to aoeept tbe word. TUB GOVERNOR COJSTRADICTH A STATEMENT BY THE LI EUTEN A NT GOVEBNOK. Yealerday tbe governor made publlo tbe following brief aUtemeni: "I ootload In tbe atatemeot eent oat by Lieutenant Governor Tillman from Edgefleld tbe following paragraph : " 'However, Governor McHweeney, wbo baa given an Interview In connection wltn tbla matter, waa aafeed to ooatrldate and declined opon tbe ground, aai r*calI, that be bad ennIribnted to an many obarltlaa and other public mattera Ibat be waa floanclally nnable to do an, and I feel from experience tbat be waa bonMitln bl? a la lam mil -ThU la ? mlauice. Llrut. <l?v. Tllltntn did not aak me for any contribution for tbe Jenktna aword faii.l, m?r wai I aaKwl txj any one elae to oonirlauui to tbai rand." MAJ. JKKKINM DECLINES THK HW.?KU ON AC A??' IIU Tit f A?(V rVkttf llf'PP M?J. Jenklna baa Mot tbe following teller lo ibe daily paper*: Beihel Military Ae*demv. Bethel Military Academy, Puelofflje, Va., February 27, IBOi. Dear Hlr: Fioa?a give apace la yoar column* 10 the following copy or a telegram I eat to Col. J a u>ea H. Tillman, Lieutenant QoveroorofSoatb Carolina, today : You ar* reprereotaKd in tba preee today aa having telegraphed President Rooeevelt, at Ibe rrqurat of eubacrlbera to the a word offered me. ihroogb you, requesting him to withdraw acceptance to preaeul aame. If tbla la ao, I muat decline, under the olroumaiaooee, lo ae? cent a Word Tbauklog you for peraooal klodaeaa la ibe mailer, I am. Truly your*, j4 J.Jenkins. WILL COME. The Preple *f Ibe Mala art Dflltfltlrd I* Kma That Ike Prnlieat Will i'aaie te fharleatea. Waablogtou. March 3.?Prealdeni ltooeevelt loony lulonned tbe commiitee from Cbarleetoa thai be would aooa vlall Iba expoaltloo la tbaioity. Speed Dray Ce.'a Lerala. Menneu's lalcum powder allll 15c al the Speed Drug Co. Before you buy your drugs ace ua. Tbe Speed Drug Co. Furolture polUb! Tbe beat al the Speed Drug Co. We handle Ibe celebrated Berry Bros. varalabea aud ataiua. Tbe Speed Drug Co. Yea. We bava ll? Koley'a booey aod tar. School hooka allll uo band. ' A template lock. Uome kdu in. (ift i color card of Moraaoo If you are ibloklog ol making your boms new. 1'alnui! All coiora aiid at loweal prlcaa. TURNIPS IN THE CORN. Tat Uo*d 4'rapa tirowa Tagtlher. Saw Abanl (he Middle at Jaljr. I bave (teen rowing turnip seed in my cornfield for nearly 50 yearn. One year I Mowed 30 pounds of teed on 30 acre* and barvexted about 10,000 bushel* of turnipa and a good crop of corn, Hay* a writer in Orange Judd Farmer. Plant the corn in straight row? and keep tbe cultivator going until about the middle of July, tben bow the turnip aeed directly after tbe last cultivation. If two or three dashing showers fall in a week or so, no covering is needed' If my ground is ready and showers are in prospect, I hasten to sow my beed. If no rain come*, tbe aeed must be lightly covered, much as you would clover seed. Two or three boards fastened together and drawn between tbe rows ol corn cover the need very nicely. A strap leaved turnip of the best variety will grow almost anywhere provided tbe plant can get a start. I want my turnips for reeding all the way from September to February, and I want a lot ofthem. Bushel for bushel they are worth more than mangels durlug this time. (Jive the cattle aud sheep plenty of turnips, and no medicine will be needed. Turnips should be stored as near the stock as possible, so they cau be easily fed. Auy place where ventilatiou cau be controlled and where froets ran be kept out will auswer. 'I have a cellar under the driveway of my barn 10 by 32 to 10 feet, which I have tilled with roots more than once. He careful however, not to put any turnips into your cellar after they have been out on the ground on a frosty night. A few bushels injured by freezing will start a heat that will destroy all of them. Cotton Plant. People lay up flre-wood in the summer when there is no need of lire, to burn in the winter, when bitter winds blow and tlieair is keen and cold. So youth should gather into its heart, and i i2(iut?iiiM| ie>N<>n?, menionm ana truths whivh will make both warmth ami light when old age draws oil. A vast number fail from lack of mor- i al pluck. In the battle of life they i were easily overcome by teuiptatioo because their weapons were made or Hoft piue, and their backbone wan all pulp. They have never learned the use of that mighty monosyllable "no;" it has been the pivot on which innum> erahle dextinie* have turned for thin world and for the next. All are dead, even to (lilt* life, who bope for uo other. HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION. TIm Employment of Free Labor Give* th? IScst KctulU. Commenting on the employment ol j convicts on the public highways, thf New Orleans Times-Democrat point* out that the best results have been obtained in road building when the best free labor only baa been employed. It toys: Road construction is a science requiring a more careful study of the rob ject than is generally imagined. Thf prevalent idea that any one can build a good road will not bold good. The matter requires study, core and a thorough knowledge of tbe soil and country through which tbe rood is to be built. The department of agriculture baa late ly been doing good work by laying Defore tbe people exactly wbat id necessary in road construction. Tbe employment of convicts in road construction is very popular jast now. as offering simultaneously a solution of tbe two troublesome problems of wbat to do witb our prison population and bow to improve our highways. In view of tbo fact that tbe convicta in New York, Indiana and other states are kept idle, as the law makes no provision for their support, it ia well that Louisiana should take some steps to utilize hers when it has tbcm on its bands, and road construction seems an ideal employment for tbcm. On the other hand, the experience of those states which have been most successful with their roads ia that only the best labor (and convict labor ia not the beat) should be employed In tneir construction and maintenance. No state which has made anj material improvement with its highways has employed oonvict labor, and no state which has employed that kind of labor has secured much improvement in its roads. The best results baVe been accomplished by road taxes and the giving oat of oontracta. aAIIMTO\/ OA A no UUUU WUii I ni nwML/oi TIM Bardn off Tfcolr Cost ft?Id li Ilk* ob All Um People. It baa been estimated that 600,000, 000 tooa of farm produce are haded to market annually in the United States and that the cost of marketing it it S3 per ton, or juit about 11,000,000,000. Tbii ia not money paid out, but is the Talne of the time spent by farmers with their teams in marketing crops or what these men and teama would have earned if they had been hired for cash to do thia amount of hanlibg. The secretary of the farm era' national congreaa and the United Statea department of agriculture agree in eatimating that about 60 per cent of thia vaat amount, or 9600,000,000, would be aaved each yeai if farm era were able to do this hauling over good roada Thia, then, is the amount of the annual mnd tax to which we have been ubmitting, says the Cedar Rapids (la.) Gazette. * Railroads, telegraphs and steamboat lines hate been assisted by the etatea and subsidized by the government, but nothing has been done for the oommon country road. The farmers alone have had to build country road* without aasistance from the cities, from wealthy corporations or from the state. Every citizen will be benefited by the construction of good roads, directly and indirectly, and every taxpayer should contribute his share to their cost No ??J/v. nnr/Moa tha onml WUUUU1 ?MO AWMIC* roads movement, if he alone ia to stand the expense. He baa rightly suggested thai he should be assisted through the mediam of a state road tax, under a system of state aid, aa now employed in New Jersey, Connecticut and Massachusetts. Good Haifa OtJ?ct lima. Four or fire years ago the town of Hempstead, Qneensoounty, N. Y., voted to spend $400,000 in road improvements. Farms at the time were Worth from $30 to $50 an acre. They are now worth several hundred dollars an acre and return good interest for those who purchased them at that price. This has been such an object lesson to their neighbors that I understand something like $1,000,000 will be spent this year In other pans of Queens county and neighborhood in building good roads. ,BL1 ? ? ? ^ A# tnnn. mil UJUy KCUI a llUgc mnwiui u> wv?ey to be spent for the purpose, bat owing to the character of the soil and the fact that good road material moat be brought the coat of construction ia higher than it would be in most parta of the state. Fifty Xllaa to Market. It is not an uncommon thing in France to see a farmer 40 or 60 miles from home in wet weather with a heavy load. If he aeea a prospect of a three days' rain, he puts hia tarpaulin over hie load, a cover over hia horses and a waterproof coat on and starts off to market He may go 60 miles before he finds a market that suits him, or he may know in advanoe just where be ia going. Ton do not often aee anybody driving 60 milee through a rainstorm in the United States to find a market for a load of hay, but it ia not at all uncommon to see farmers' wagons 40 or 60 milea from home in France. They choose the wet weather for that purpose. Their roads are just aa good then as at any time.? General Boy Stone. Coavlct Labor oa Roads. Convict labor in road building la be? iog employed in Duval oounty, Fla., and in North Carolina. In the latter case 21^ cents per day per head ia said to cover the oost of food, clothea, medical attendance and guards, as compared with 28 cents per day for maintaining the same prisoners in jaiL The Duval Good Roads association of Florida advocates the use of short term convicts on such work and makes the claim that they would in this manner pay back some of the money expended a poo them, and they would also stand a better chance of being callcd back to an honest ll'a Vinn if tViAV ??M m?H? tn UIOci> ate with more hardened criminal* in prison. Nothing makes life so sweet in old age as doew the memory of right, good and kindly things wrought along the years. It's part of my religion (o look well after the cheerfulness of life, and let the dismals shift for themselves, believing with Sir Thomas M?xire tliut it is wise to be "merrie in (Jod." Sorrow has its ministry, but many find it haid at first to comprehend its meaning or to learn its lessons. If You Are a Farmer. Please bear in mind that we are headquarter! for Farming Utensils. In Plow Stocks we have the Straight Foot,Doable Foot, Curved Foot and Boy Dixie. We have Plow Bridles, Hames, Ha me Strings, Trace Chains. Breast Chains, Back Dan^a fiin/?1A Tmai HIA. juauuo) wiu|iv Aivvot viwvices, Lap Binge, and in fact everything necessary to equip you in a first class manner for farming, and we guarantee our prices to be right. Remember us also for Groceries. Can make specially low figures on Molasses, Flour, Sugar and Coifee. LIHih E. F. GIUIAED, /. TAILOR, n AS mmA AMnnUi (h? MV\ma niw H at* Ira In ^Cnox'a Haft. sod la now pra Grad to do all kinds ol npalrlni Rod eliu j of itDUaaml ototbaa on abort notloa. Bnmplaaol aolta alwnjra oft tend. Cbare* raaaonabla WHEN YOU ~~| TAKE MEDICINE You do so because you want to get well quickly. Bring your . . . PRESCRIPTIONS to our Drug Store and we will help all we can. Your medicine will contain exactly what the Doctor directs, and it will be compounded from purest and best fresh drugs. Our prices are much below the average. All goods delivered at your home immediately, with no extra charge for the delivery. Let Us Fill Your Prescription*. TNE SPEED DRINI CO. Examination for Teachers' Certificates. a pplicanth fob teacherh- ckbti rlcatna will N> rsnmloed at Abbeville, Krldny, Ftbmarjr S<. 1902. The examination will beglD a.? o'clock a. to. J. 8 GIBEUT Jan. 21, IBM. Co. Bupl. or Education. JUST n?iXa?<XKLAAXKL S WE ARE HEADQUARTERS ;FOR EVERYTHING (IN FARM IMPLEMENTS AND TOOLS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION1WTTW CI A m IN ur OAlLr. Abbeville Hardware CO. A Hm IM PERSONS INDEBTED TO THE FltlM OK The THIELING CO., are rtquNlcd to nettle at oars with Frank B. Gary, Esq. Theclnlmn have been placet! lu bauds for collection. Keo. IK. |M> Notice of Registration. On the nth. mh and nib ok ilarch I the book* for Keglatratlon for the city will be I open at the Clerk's office from 9 till 4 o'clock j each day. S. 0. Thomson, Mayor. | James Chalmers, Clerk. Keb. 16, 1 wr_\ 3t j Heavy nklrt inoda for abort akliU to be1 found at HaMon a. GOVERNMENT ROADMAKING. Work ml Construction Supplement** by Lectures by an Expert. Several weeks ago the department of agriculture began its tint experiment in roadbuilding at New Brunswick, N. J., under the direction of E. B. Harrisoo, special agent of the offioe of load inquiry. The model road being considered Is the first of several which the government is to boild at the various experiment stations throughout the country. The government furnishes a rock crusher, screen, engine to drive Ktoam roller, spreading wagon and rood grading machine and two skilled operators. The city furnishes the material, carta and laborera. Tbe road will be of macadam pattern. An inferior grade of traprock is found in abundance near New Brunswick and this is being used in the substructure of the road. The superstructure is obtained from the traprock deposits in the neighborhood of Plainfield and the Oranges. The model parement will have a depth of about nine inches and the foundation be made of small, wedge shaped, broken stones of as nearly the same dimensions as possible. The roadbed will be prepared bj thoroughly rolling with a steam roller weighing about ten tons. Every bole will be carefully filled with the same material that composes the rest of the roadbed, and the finished cross section will be formed by two grade* of one foot in 30 feet from the ides, uniting it the center, with the apex slightly roaudcd. Foar inches of crashed stone will be ipread on the carefully prepared roadbed to form the foundation of the substructure. The largest of these stones will be crushed so fine as to be able to easily pass through a two inch ring, and the small* eat will be about half an inch in diameter. This foundation will then be sprinkled, making the stone as wet as possible without softening the roadbed, and the roller passed over it a few timea until the stone isonlj slightly disturbed by the teams returning with the empty carta The first foundation is not made deeper'than fdur inches, because it has been found that a greater thickness causes the stones to "elbow" together, wealing off their sharp corners, making the "bonding;" which is the great desideratum, a very slow process if not an impossibility. When the first foundation has been ' i-i-i-J - ? 1 UXJTUUgUiJ ipnOKWU, m neuwii wubi ui similar atone three inchea in thickness will be applied. After the atone hai been well" bonded" to thia extent it will gain be sprinkled, and while very wet a thin coating of traprock screeningi will be moat carefully spread over the surfaoe, just thick enough to fill the small spaces between the stones. The size of the stones of this last application, which is called in the parlance ol roadbuilding the "binder," will be from half an inch in diameter to the finest dust When the work bos reached thia stage, it will be left untouched in the dry state as long aa practicable tc harden and bind. The application d water and the passage of vehicles will be prevented as long as practicable. Aa the work progresses Mr. E. B. Harrison, who is directing the work foi the department of agriculture, will deliver lectures explaining the process d laying the road. Rutgers college atudents in the agricultural department and farmera will be invited to attend the lectures and witnesa the work. Oaaml Grmat hrond Good Nearly 20 yeara ago General Grant; in enumerating necessary lines of public improvements, named the publi< ?1?-1- J Linknava Dum <rh?n h( KilUUlI UiU Ulgllnajs. waiw, >-Vand General Sheridan were in a remi niacent mood, the old commander Mid to "Little Phil, "speaking of the latter'i famous ride to the battle of Cedai Creek: "Sheridan, if that battle had taken place after a prolonged rain anc there bad not been a good pike fron Winchester, yon would never have beer promoted to tbe bead of the United States arm j. You would not have reached the battlefield to cbcer jour men, and there would have been a great defeat for tbe Union forces instead of i great victory. That would have lefl Meade and Thomas a long distant ahead of you in the line of promotion." ?New York Tribune. Imp the Koad Dry. F. A. Dunham, who has been prominently identified with the farfamed system of modern highways of. Ne* Jersey, at a meeting of the Connection! Valley Highway association, stated that poor material well put togethei can be made to produoe better result) than first class material carelessly put together. Nothing is more fatal to du rability than the drainage of the roadbed, and mors particularly tbe subdrainage, wbicb is often neglected, i macadam road cannot be left to itsell MAtiafonf Iter i coxopiewuu, uui umu npenrinon. Both Hard ud Kaaj. Good roads are about the easiest thing in the world to make, once undertaken, bat about the hardest thing there ia U. get offioiala to take hold of.?Parker* burg (W. Va.) Sentinel. WbNl Traoki. According to the statement of the president of the Missouri Good Roadi association, the people of that atat< pent $490,000 during 1896 for rood improvement, while il coat them jusi $600,000 for roadi supervisors. In oth er words, it cost the state $l,090f00( during the year for $490,000 worth oJ road improvement. In France there are 44,000 milea ol first claaa roada built by the govern mant, and about an equal number ol milea have been built by the differeni departments, us well as thousands ol milea built by smaller divisions. Froa tb? beginning of tbe work to the end then ifl s system, and . :spousibilitj u rand. My life Ih not what I have chosen says Norman McLeod. I often lonj 'or ijuiet, for reading and for thought It KeeniH to me to be a very para'lise t< be able to read, to think, to go iub deep things, to gather the gloriou things of intellectual culture. (i<x has forbidden it in hin providence. I Am flower* never put on their lies clothes for Sunday, but wear thei | spotless raiment and exhale their odn I every day, so let your Christian faith | free from stain, ever give forth the frs granceof the love of (Jod.- lieeeher. HEART IN TRADE. '' Ih? Kxycrincs of Mm Wfc# VMM HwwUy ud Wm H?ly?4 toBtoVMi Even trade baa ita romanoes. The other dnj aome merchants who have grown gray lo the parent! of tbe practical aod material were swapping etortaof their siperlecosa Said one, now a millionaire: " While I was still attending school, tny v. ' father waa compelled to auspend builceaa. He and another man owned a mill op In New England and a little retail dry gooda* atoru in Brooklyn. My father attended to tbe mill and hla partner to tbe retail boat* neas. One day my father learned that hla partner had absconded after ralalng all the money he oould oo the firm'a name. My father came to New York, and found thai after using every dollar ha bad la tbe world be would still owa 1800. Ha toned his aaaete over to hla creditors, borrowed tbe $300 neccseary to pay bis eredltOH dollar for dollar and went to work on a*. salary. After several yean of bard work be paid book tbe $300, and was frae from debt onoe more. "At that time my fatter waa auperinteoduot of a bin Sunday aebool in Brook* lyn. One at tbe women who took as internet io tbe aebool waa an old maid wba jM bad known my father <or yean. She knew about bla experienoea, and waa determined that he should be independent again. 8a ho went to half a dosan leading member! of tbe church and told them abe wanted to borrow mum money to atari dad In bnalnewa again. All reeponded cheerfully, and . v one day my father waa anrprlaed at a.Tiail from the woman. Mr. aba mid, 'here la 91,600 with which you are going to atort in bwd* ? w 1 n 1 mi ii r.ii.i ? tattled. 'Lord blwa 700, Miai hi Mid,'I can't take that BMldaa, I di not want to go into boaineai again. I am atUfled at I am ' 'There la tba money,* aba rrpllod, 'and yon are going into bodatm. Mow, don't delay about it* Tba old mas till demurred, but tba Inrtafrd, and aita* wuuo mov |(uv un vwmwh IV wmm warn money. That waa the foundation of oof present basin? Father op?ad a little dry goods stora and I laft school to Mi him. Two years later father want to OM of tba men who had contributed toatrf his capital and handed kin tbaHMbt bad advanacd. 'What's that tef ks asked. 'Why, that Is tba mooay yoa gave ML* to start ma In boalneea,' eaM dad. 'Nonsense.' said be. 'You dontoirs ma anything, old man. KUsa came to at ffj] and asked ma for fSOO, and I gave it to T# i1 #WWI *aka would have got tt just m quick. X mad* j no reoord of It, and I don't want 11' 'Too bare got to take it,' nid dad. 'Mew, please, don't,' said be; 'It will opto! all my bookkeeping.' Father Insisted, though, and finally had bis way. Most of bis otw creditors talked tba same way, but all had to give In. Within a week baekeaaatbl money with letters, aeklng father to gin the money to the poor If be did pot wanl to ase it himself. I am glad to ay w? bare been ahle to ratorc some of the kind* :. Ji ass showa as then."?Mew York San. Some amusing stork flloetnttng Bog* Hfh ignorance of Americas an told by a London resident wbo la at borne la and political dnlet At a literary reoeption Mr. Lowell was referred to as one of tba masters of American poetry, wbo bad nersr seamed capable i* of doing anything else. i "I think yon are wrong," aald one la a - q i book* which were well worth reading." "Whatan tbfjV* asked tba Aral eeaai mentator on Imeriaan Utaretara. " 'The Autocrat' and the other 'Break* fait Table Booka,' " waa the ssrene reply. Aa every one In the group tooted wttt ' and Innocent, It was evident that tba rival claim* of Dr. Holmes to tba aatbocabip oi Iboae "Breakfast TnHhr Booka" ware sol suspected. A graduate of an Zagllsh university waa I amazed by a reference to tba Arowiaaa civil war which was oasoally made la eaa* veraatlon at a dnbboose. "When did It take plaoef" beaakad. MI bad supposed thai there had bean no fight* lng In Amerloa sinoe George Washing ton's revolution la tba time of Georg* > III." He bad reed for a degree at aa Kagllab . university and bed traveled extensively oa I tbe ccdtinons and In tbo far mat, bat bad never beard of tbe gnat**! otvil oonflict of [ ancient or modern tlmoel?Youth's Com* | panion. ______________ i We do not jet appreciate tbe taillenoevy , aa an article of human food. In Wmam i they eell tbem for rabbits, and there an tbreo farms in thlaoountry when they art reared and which export them to Trance, > one farmer alone exporting over 180,001 * of the little beaeta. Tbe flavor of tbe meal t la nid to be identical with that of rabbi I I meat Then animal* need eonatant at* ) tent ion to keep them out of mleahief, n they are littlo demona to flgbt, and they have a habit of chewing up whatever tegmenta they And scattered about till the? die of gastric oongeetion. In their bablta they are subject to unaeoountable panloa, and often rush about squeaking, and then I huddle together quietly for tbe net of tb* r day. Tbey are very prolific, and tbe young t are not blind like the young of the rabbit, i - -1. _l ..i. h.. i* (j [ ana UltCU wucu wii; ?I?V wy* wMf M I Mid. will est grass and sop. i On the farm they are fed oa sop mad? '; of milk and ftnle but doI boot bread, 6 along with green stuff, barley and bay. * Id guinea pig farming, a* in quail farm Ing. it la admitted that large profit* an . made?due no doubt to tbe fact that than J la eo little competition. Probably tbe rab> 11 bit you eo mucb enjoyed at your hotel din. j ner* when touring In Fmnoa waa simply I the bumble caty droaaed up.?Chamber*' I JonrnaL Bedreoai Cloaeta. The looping room that baanl a cloaet , should have a corner cupboard. Gal aozot > of the Iron bracket* that aall for 10 or II . i oenta a pair and bate some wide board! cot to lit tbe corner. Put up two or three helves, according to height, and on the bottom of th* lowest nail cleat* Into whleh to corew tbe hook* to hang your gown* > upon. Fit a board to th* corner oo the i floor and bar* a narrow board or Molding 11 taoked to the front edga. This late ahoa*. I ; Hang a curtain from th* edge of th* top t shelf, making It long anougb to reach < ?? HfM, ?wil fnll MUMiah tA luM 1 (JU1M7 W IUV uvus ew%B ??M? vwvwpa q ' In graceful folds. This la tbe best snbetl| i tote for a cloaet we know of uui? 70a ' | cad afford a wardrobe. Denim, flgored Of I plain, makes a good drapery. Gal Ilia j correspond with the oolar of the room. ^ t ; Why She Coal da t. > "No, I didn't h&vo a vary good time," f the aaid. "I wasted to talk, and there wasn't a man there." | ' "But there were plenty of other glrla." 1 "Oh, of course, but that waa no ?tlrfso1 tlon, for they all wanted to talk toa-CH? ' oago Poet. No one ever wanders where a prom | it-e iloex not follow him. An atmoa? phere of prom be Kurrounds believers hm the air Hurrounda tbe globe.?Spuria s He Ik richest who in content with the 11 leant; for content is the wealth or na> t u re.?Soc rates. t Worrying is one of the greatest draw* r backs to happinetw. Most of it can be r avoided if we only determine not to '? let trifle* annoy u?, for the largeat amount of worrying in canned by the smalleHt trifle**. ^ i